Muons penetrate much further than X-rays, they do essentially zero damage, and they are provided for free by the cosmos.
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Edited by David M. Karl, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, and approved October 8, 2013 (received for review August 14, 2013)
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- Published in issue December 3, 2013.
- Published first November 11, 2013.
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- aMonterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039;
- bOcean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems Group, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom; and
- cIntegrative Oceanography Department, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093
Edited by David M. Karl, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, and approved October 8, 2013 (received for review August 14, 2013)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ksmith{at}mbari.org.
Author contributions: K.L.S., H.A.R., and A.D.S. designed research; K.L.S., H.A.R., M.K., C.L.H., and A.D.S. performed research; K.L.S. and A.D.S. contributed new analytic tools; K.L.S., H.A.R., M.K., C.L.H., and A.D.S. analyzed data; and K.L.S., H.A.R., M.K., C.L.H., and A.D.S. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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